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Volunteers at Hoosier Hills Food Bank are in the process of sorting and sending 18 tons of food received over the weekend; Three-quarters of a million Hoosiers could be eligible for refunds from their cellular service providers, thanks to a lawsuit settlement announced today; A study done by an IU environmental scientist and colleagues finds the environment in the United States is exposed to far more animal hormones than once thought; Representative Todd Young is teaming with the City of Bloomington and WorkOne South Central to host a job fair in Bloomington this June; Indiana University has received two National Science Foundation research grants totaling $8.6 million, according to a press release from IU; The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals considered problems related to development in Karst areas at a meeting last week.

FEATURE
The story of a local woman who lived with Lyme disease for 16 years before she was diagnosed, another installment of WFHB’s Cast of Characters series.

INS AND OUTS OF MONEY
Dial This Extension for Money Smarts – Along with every other Indiana county, we have a Purdue University Extension that offers free resources to the community. Among those resources, says Emily Roth, are information and education related to managing your money better.

CREDITS
Anchors: Casey Kuhn, Chris Martin
Today’s headlines were written by Kara Tullman, Joe Crawford and Sierra Gardner
Along with David Murphy for CATSweek, a partnership with Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Amanda Marino
The Ins and Outs of Money is produced by Ryan Stacy and edited by Dan Withered, in partnership with the Monroe County Public Library and The United Way of Monroe County.
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Our theme music is provided by the Impossible Shapes.
Executive Producer is Joe Crawford.

Jonathan Raff, an associate professor in the IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, is the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s five-year Faculty Early Career Development Award. He has been awarded $649,000 which will be used to support research and teaching. Dr. Raff’s research involves the chemistry of air pollution and how it impacts climate. He is also interested in science education and will use part of the award to develop learning modules based on ozone monitors installed at Indiana high schools.

An Indiana University student is working to spread a message of acceptance on campus; Last Monday, the Pacers Foundation awarded grants to Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard and the Community Kitchen of Monroe County for their youth related programs; The National Science Foundation has awarded a five million dollar, five-year collaborative grant to Indiana University.

FEATURE
Open Access Week
In conjunction with academic institutions worldwide, Indiana University presents a series of programs highlighting what International Open Access Week hopes to achieve: free, immediate online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as needed in order to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. WFHB Correspondent Doug Storm spoke to Jen Laherty, a Digital Publishing Librarian of IUScholarWorks, for today’s WFHB feature exclusive. Laherty begins by offering the definition of Open Access, established by the 2002 Budapest Open Access Initiative.

ACTIVATE!
This week Joanne Shank discusses the work of the Bloomington Arts Alliance, which includes Artist After Hours, a visual arts summit starting 6 pm tomorrow at The Venue on Activate! Our weekly segment spotlighting people working for positive change in our community.